Educate me on Tacoma brakes

It was a cheaper design to having a repackable bearing that a sealed unit.

 

completely smashed the rotor to bits before I discovered that the rotor sat behind the hub haha what a day that was

 

Maybe you should have asked on chevyworld forum, how to get the rotors off.

I've had moments like that where you go, "oh, duh, that's how it's supposed to come apart". Usually though, it comes apart easier than the method I was trying. Not so in your case.

 

I had access to the service manual through dealer connect the whole time... I was just too stubborn to look at it hah

 

After my experience removing the passenger side door lock from my Taco, I have learned to always look here before I try to take anything apart. I had the door panel off, pulled back the moisture barrier, got the linkage rod off, and was trying to get my hand up in there, having no success. I did a search here and found out its just a plastic plug and 1 bolt in the outside edge of the door. That's it.

 

You only go to the service manual when something goes wrong. To most of the world they are called instructions, to mechanics they are called destructions because we only read them when something breaks.

 

same on the siennas, did the same thing years ago finding out its really easy after

 

Standard rule of wrenching:

When all else fails. Read the instructions.

 

I was always told "Real men do not read instructions" Rules is rules.

 

I try to read them.
If you're anything like me. You're lucky if all you have to do is read the directions.
I've had to buy the parts again and start over. If only I'd have read the directions.